Manila, Feb. 22 -- An unidentified number of Filipinos are up for deportation as the Trump administration starts its massive campaign against illegal aliens in the United States.

In an interview on Saturday, Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez confirmed that "a number of Filipinos" - newly arrived ones in the US - have already been informed that they are set for deportation.

Romualdez said they would be the first deportees under the second Trump administration, which has promised to mount massive arrests and deportation of illegal immigrants.

He said there is no information about the number, the current status, or the date of deportation but most of them are from California, New York, and New Jersey.

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